Aberdeen_F.C. modified the lyrics to say "The sheep are on fire" in response to the team's improved form in the 2013-2014 season.

J.B.O. The German "Fun-Rock" Band have a cover version of this song, it is called "Der Ruf ist im Eimer", ok the lyrics are different. 2010 "Der Ruf ist im Eimer" on the Album "Arschloch und Spaß dabei".

William Elliott Whitmore used a slightly modified version of the wording of the chorus in the song Mutiny from the Album Animals In The Dark. He doesn't sing "The roof is on fire" and changed "we don't need no water" into "he don't need no water".

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart featured a skit that interviewed black Mormons, who were torn between voting for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, which used the chorus as a litmus test to determine whether a voter was more black or more Mormon.